Politics podcast: Those ‘first day back at the office’ blues (RIP Paddles)

Twenty days after Winston announced it shall be Labour, the Gone By Lunchtime trio (plus one) size up the debut of Ardern, the blazing of National parliamentary guns and a goodbye to a good cat.

Annabelle Lee, Ben Thomas, Toby Manhire and the land’s favourite baby podcaster discuss an embarrassing start for the new government in parliament, Winston Peters’ legal blizzard, the state of the National Party “monster” opposition, and Paddles the cat.

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